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Rita D. McCormick
Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications - 9
Citations - 3633
Rita D. McCormick is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catheter & Central venous catheter. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 9 publications receiving 3599 citations. Previous affiliations of Rita D. McCormick include National Institutes of Health.
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Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.
Naomi P. O'Grady,Mary Alexander,E. Patchen Dellinger,Julie L. Gerberding,Stephen O. Heard,Dennis G. Maki,Henry Masur,Rita D. McCormick,Leonard A. Mermel,Michele L. Pearson,Issam I Raad,Adrienne G. Randolph,Robert A. Weinstein,Jane D. Siegel,Raymond Chinn,Alfred DeMaria,Elaine Larson,James T. Lee,Ramon E. Moncada,William A. Rutala,William E. Scheckler,Beth H. Stover,Marjorie A. Underwood +22 more
TL;DR: The recommended preventive strategies with the strongest supportive evidence are education and training of healthcare providers who insert and maintain catheters, and maximal sterile barrier precautions during central venous catheter insertion, which can reduce the risk for serious catheter-related infection.
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Naomi P. O'Grady,Mary Alexander,E. Patchen Dellinger,Julie Louise Gerberding,Stephen O. Heard,Dennis G. Maki,Henry Masur,Rita D. McCormick,Leonard A. Mermel,Michele L. Pearson,Issam I Raad,Adrienne G. Randolph,Robert A. Weinstein +12 more
TL;DR: Examples of evidence-based interventions that can reduce the risk for serious catheter-related infection are education and training, maximal sterile barrier precautions, and 2% chlorhexidine preparation for skin antisepsis.
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Recommendations for preventing the spread of vancomycin resistance: Recommendations of the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
Walter J. Hierholzer,Julia S. Garner,Audrey B. Adams,Donald E. Craven,David W. Fleming,Susan W. Forlenza,Mary J. R. Gilchrist,Donald A. Goldmann,Elaine Larson,C. Glen Mayhall,Rita D. McCormick,Ronald Lee Nichols +11 more
TL;DR: A rapid increase in the incidence of infection and colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) has been reported from U.S. hospitals in the last 5 years, and the lack of available antimicrobials for therapy of infections due to VRE poses several problems.
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The pathogenesis and epidemiology of catheter-related infection with pulmonary artery Swan-Ganz catheters: A prospective study utilizing molecular subtyping
TL;DR: Swan-Ganz catheters are vulnerable to contamination from multiple sources, but the patient's skin is the single most important source of organisms causing invasive infection, which in most cases involves the introducer rather than the PA catheter.
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Epidemiology of needle-stick injuries in hospital personnel
Rita D. McCormick,Dennis G. Maki +1 more
TL;DR: All hospital personnel, including physicians, are urged to report needle-stick injuries to the hospital's Employee Health Service where evaluation and management can be effected most consistently by established protocols.